Re: John Cheke died (13/9/1557)

On 14/09/2024 2:43 a.m., Christian Weisgerber wrote:

On 2024-09-13, Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
 

"our own tung shold be written cleane and pure, vnmixt and vnmangeled

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with borowing of other tunges... For then doth our tung naturallie and

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praisablie vtter her meaning"

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 A bit late for that, in the 16th century.
 

Yes. In the longer excerpt given by Crystal, he also uses "opinion", "payeng", "bankrupt", "counterfeitness", "attire", "plainlie", "nature", "experience", and more.
That's why I questioned Wiki's term. I don't think he was advocating the radical purism of some later eccentrics. He just thought that many or most of the inkhorn words were unnecessary -- as is generally admitted.